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Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence, besides declaring that the colonies were now an independent nation, also set forth the reasons why we were breaking from Great Britain. It established the reasons for the colonies declaring independence. -
Seneca Falls Convention
The Seneca Falls Convention was one of the first women's rights convention. It was organized by a handful of women who were active in the abolition and temperance movements, which was held in July 19–20, 1848. The purpose of the convention was to discuss the social, civil, and religious situations and rights of woman publicly. -
Thirtheenth Amendment
Ended slavery so that the African-Americans and many other non-white Americans can have many equalities; rights to vote, end wrongful degrading slavery, and have many other oppurtnities and career such as whites. -
Fourteenth Amendment
The 14th Amendment states that all citizens of the United States have the right to due process of law, regardless of race or any other reason that people came up with for denying due process. -
Fifteenth Amendment
Prohibits the federal and state governments from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's "race, color, or previous condition of servitude." -
Plessy vs Ferguson
Plessy v. Ferguson established the "separate but equal" clause saying that Jim Crow laws were constitutional and that blacks and whites could be separated, i.e. water fountains, buses, schools, while still being equal. -
NAACP is Founded
It's establishment was key in setting up the civil right's movement concerning African- American rights. It's original leader, W.E.B Du Bois took the stance of no tolerance of prejudice. He was very adamant in his actions, and this translated into the inner workings of the organization itself. -
Nineteenth Amendment
The amendment prohibits any United States citizen from being denied the right to vote on the basis of sex. The amendment was the culmination of the women's suffrage movement in the United States, which fought at both state and national levels to achieve the vote. -
Executive Order 10450
Executive Order 10450 added more general estimations of character, stability, and reliability. At the same time, the executive order's provisions contained advice on evaluating character problems, as in its provision that the medical valuation of a psychological problem should show "due regard to the transient or co -
Brown vs Board of Education
This event was important because it overruled segregation in schools, declaring that it was "inherently unequal" to maintain separate institutions. The previous logic to segregation was that the institutions were "separate but equal." -
One, Inc v. Olesen
a landmark United States Supreme Court decision for LGBT (lesiban, gay, bisexual, transgender) rights in the United States. It was the first U.S. Supreme Court ruling to deal with homosexuality and the first to address free speech rights with respect to homosexuality. -
Illinois Became The First State To Repeal Its Sodomy Laws
Outlawed a variety of sexual acts, were historically universal. While they often targeted sexual acts between persons of the same sex, many statutes employed definitions broad enough to outlaw certain sexual acts between persons of different sexes as well, sometimes even acts between married persons. -
Twenty-fourth Amendment
This amendment give the u.s citizens the rights to vote and these rights shall not be denied or abridged. -
Civil Rights act 1964
The act outlawed segregation in all public places, requiresd employers to provide equal opportunity for those of all races, and threatened to pull federal funding from any projects that discriminate based on color, race, ethnicity, or gender. -
Stonewall Inn Riots
series of spontaneous, violent demonstrations by members of the gay community[note 1] against a police raid that took place in the early morning hours of June 28, 1969. They are widely considered to constitute the single most important event leading to the gay liberation movement and the modern fight for LGBT (lesiban, gay, bisexual, transgender) rights in the United States. -
Stonewall Inn Riots
a series of spontaneous, violent demonstrations by members of the gay community against a police raid in the Greenwich Village. They are widely considered to constitute the single most important event leading to the gay liberation movement and the modern fight for LGBT (lesiban, gay, bisexual, transgender) rights in the United States. -
Title IX
Title IX is the federal law that prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex in schools that receive federal funding — including in their athletics programs. Since it became law in 1972, NWLC has worked hard to ensure that women and girls are treated fairly in athletics programs -
Don't Ask Don't Tell
Don't ask don't tell is a military policy against enlisting homosexuals, and that so long as you were not flaunting it (telling), they wouldn't ask and you could remain a service member. -
Defense of Marriage Act
A federal law that allow states to refuse to recognize same-sex marriages granted under the laws of other states. -
Massachuseets Legalizes Gay Marriage
same sex marriage began in Massachusetts as a result of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruling in Goodridge v. Department of Public Health that it was unconstitutional under the Massachusetts constitution to allow only opposite-sex couples to marry.
